Василе Атанасиу (25 апреля 1886 - 6 июня 1964) был румынским генералом во время Второй мировой войны .
Биография [ править ]
He was born in Târgoviște, Romania in 1886, in a Greek-Romanian family, the son of Ștefan and Paulina Atanasiu. He graduated from the "Military School of Artillery, Combat Engineering and Navy officers" in 1907, with the rank of second lieutenant, being promoted lieutenant in 1910, captain in 1915, and major in 1917 during World War I. After the war he attended the Higher War School in Bucharest, graduating in 1920, when he was advanced to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
Достигнув звания полковника в 1928 году и бригадного генерала в 1935 году, Атанасиу был повышен до дивизионного генерала в 1940 году, до начала Второй мировой войны, и до генерал-лейтенанта в 1942 году.
He served as Commander of the 2nd Army Corps in 1941, and moved to the 3d Army Corps which he commanded from June 22, 1941 to March 20, 1943. In this capacity he led the Corps in the military actions for the liberation of Bessarabia in the battle for the beachhead of Albița on the Prut River, and then in the advance to the Dniester at Tiraspol. He was then in command of the corps on the front line from Karpovo to Dalnik during the Siege of Odessa.
In 1943 he was appointed Inspector-General of Artillery, a position which he held from March 20, 1943 to February 12, 1945.
После переворота короля Михаила в августе 1944 года он принял командование 1- й румынской армией , участвуя в боях на чехословацком фронте в Яворине , между реками Грон и Морава, а затем в Богемии во время наступления Братислава-Брно . Он был произведен в генералы ( генерал де арматэ ) 11 апреля 1945 года. Атанасиу вышел в отставку в 1948 году и умер в Бухаресте в 1964 году. [1] [2] [3]
Награды [ править ]
За свою карьеру Атанасиу получил следующие награды и медали.
- Румынские награды
- Order of Michael the Brave, 3rd class; 17 October 1941
- Order of Michael the Brave, 3rd class; 4 August 1945
- Order of the Star of Romania, Commander class; 8 June 1940
- Order of the Star of Romania, Officer class
- Order of the Crown, Commander class
- Czechoslovak award
- Order of the White Lion
- Soviet awards
- Order of Suvorov
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
References[edit]
- ^ "Atanasiu, St. Vasile". Generals.dk. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
- ^ Șerban Pavelescu, Generalul de armată Vasile Atanasiu, Revista de Istorie Militară nr. 2/1995, p.38-39.
- ^ Alesandru Duțu, Florica Dobre, Leonida Loghin, Armata română în al doilea război mondial 1941–1945, București, Editura Enciclopedică, 1999
